"At one point pink was considered more of a boy's color, (as awatered-down red, which is a fierce color) and blue was more forgirls. The associate of pink with bold, dramatic red clearly affectedits use for boys. An American newspaper in 1914 advised mothers, "Ifyou like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for theboy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention." [TheSunday Sentinal, March 29, 1914.]

Yes, I had read that before too, Synova. Compound that to the fact that little boys were dressed as girls well into their toddlerhood (4-5 years old), with long curls and flouncy dresses -- and it's a wonder they didn't all become sissymarys like Titus. ;)

In my high school days - first half of the 60s, we had to wear a coat and tie every day and white got old in a hurry, so, yes, I wore a pink Oxford on occasion, along with blue, yellow, green, light brown, blue-gray, orange, and anything else they would allow - along with most of the other guys where I went to school.

It's funny, my brothers-in-law, who all consider themselves macho guys and working class heroes, think you lose your guy card if you wear pink. When I was looking some years ago, one of the first things I decided was to dress "up" and make myself stand out from the blues and grays of every other guy. And guess what?

It's one of the things my wife says attracted her to me, along with the fact that I didn't smoke, drink, swear (well, much), or do drugs.

That pink song is a thousand times better than this piece of crap that can make you hate America, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D41-Bz1oNcA. I only mention it because it's something that I know about, unfortunately.

Nothing cuter than a preppy guy in a pink button down shirt. I went to a school known as Moscow on the Charles when my dad went there and, back then, I was told that guys didn't wear pink for a bit lest the McCarthyites go after them. Perhaps an urban legend?

But you have to be a healthy, tanned and outdoorsy guy to look really good in pale pink. Those Brits in the article looked puffy and pasty faced and as if they didn't really care to appeal to red-blooded young women...

Take a look at the Duke's bandanna in "The Undefeated" or his shirt in several scenes of "The War Wagon". Hate to tell you, but that's not faded red. Also, anytime you see the Duke in long johns. And, believe me, nobody is a bigger fan.

Sorry...

vbspurs said...

OT: LOL!

Instapundit had that with the line, "Very thin, tanned, and relaxed George Bush..."

WV "husetup" Chinese for which one do I blame for the tent collapsing?

"We have come a long way even compared with 20 years ago," says Johnston. "Pink was the last taboo colour-wise."

What? As t-man says, pink is a standard colour for dress shirts. A pink shirt can be perfectly acceptable where a yellow or a green dress shirt would make people look cross-eyed at you. Ecru is generally okay, though. Purple and orange are right out.

"Most guys starting out on their own eventually have pink tighty-whities."

My husband didn't end up with pink tighty-whities until we were married and I was certain that my red cotton sweater was years old and couldn't *possibly* bleed color anymore and, really, I just needed to do one quick load of essentials... so...